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Navy Will Not have a Clean Audit For 5+ Years, Awarding Two Frigate Builders ‘Not Off The Table’

Navy Will Not have a Clean Audit For 5+ Years, Awarding Two Frigate Builders ‘Not Off The Table’
Richard V. Spencer, former Secretary of the Navy. He resigned on November 24, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy).

The Secretary of the Navy told senators on Wednesday that the service will probably not have a full clean audit for up to five to six years and that splitting the new guided-missile frigate (FFG(X)) into two or three winners is not off the table yet.Last month, the DoD’s Offices of the Inspector General and Comptroller revealed the Pentagon failed its first audit since only five of the 21 individual targeted areas won a passing grade (Defense Daily, Nov. 16).Secretary…

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